The Ace of Spades
Deputy Whitfield read me the name on the back of the card in a low, careful voice, and I wrote it on my pad with the pen already trembling in …
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The Return Address
Arlene opened the shoebox on the counter of the main post office, and the smell of old paper rose up like a memory. Inside were hundreds of envelopes, tied in …
The Return Address Read MoreThe Stolen Rugs
The detective on my doorstep was Marisol Trujillo, a woman of about forty with a calm face and a small notebook, and she did not smile when she held up …
The Stolen Rugs Read MoreThe Copper Still
Ezra Walls Jr. drove up to my barn on Sunday afternoon in a green Ford truck with his grandson Caleb, a broad young man with forearms like fence posts, who …
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The man in the navy blazer was Anthony Marchetti, chief executive of the candy company, and he took his time. He walked slowly across the shop floor, past the barrels …
The Taffy Hook Window Read MoreThe Doorbell Voice
The voice on the other side of the door belonged to Ed Fenwick, the president of the largest home builder in Jefferson County, and Ron recognized it before I even …
The Doorbell Voice Read MoreThe Red Ribbon Letters
I sat in the little room at Ocean First Bank for two hours, with the door shut and the box open on the table, and I read every letter. There …
The Red Ribbon Letters Read MoreThe Sorrel Horse
The sheriff of Crockett County was a lean man named Raymond Ortega, sixty one years old, with a gray mustache and a hat that had seen forty summers. He held …
The Sorrel Horse Read MoreThe Sugarhouse Lights
Luc and the father of Ashley came up the path to the sugarhouse together, with two hundred guests following at a polite distance, holding their champagne glasses like candles in …
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The young woman in the navy suit was Priscilla Nakamura, general counsel of the home goods company, and she stood in my living room with eight women watching her from …
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